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 | | This was established to strengthen the Latvian identity through a Latvian religion supposedly coming from the glorious ancient past, intended as strictly national, but at the same time very similar to the neo-paganism known in the rest of the world. | | | It is of greater use to say that in 1925 a revivalist religion based on folklore - Dievturiba - was established in Latvia and it was done by a man of strong character and strong national passion - Ernests Brastins (1892-1942). | | | Wilhelm Mannhardt is the greatest of the world's well-known scholars having ever dealt with the Baltic mythologies including that of Latvians. |
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http://www.pantheon.org/articles/l/latvian_mythology.html
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| | Anthology of Latvian Choral Music. Volume 2 - Commentary |
| | In Latvian mythology Laima is the goddess of destiny. | | | It is conceived as an analogy to the ancient Greek dithyrambs to Bacchus, whose counterpart in Baltic romanticized mythology, Trimpus or Potrimps, is mentioned in the text. | | | This book of verse has therefore been a source of lyrics for Latvian composers time and time again. |
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http://www.music.lv/SOL/Comment2.htm
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| | Mall Hiiemäe |
| | The greater number of scholars studying mythology and religion consider it to be formed through a merging of the Christian idea of Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, and that of several Latvian heathen deities. | | | Information on Latvian mythology as a functioning phenomenon of everyday life can be found in historical sources dating back to the 13th century when the expansion of feudals and merchants from northern Germany was followed by clergymen and their chroniclers, who included their observations on customs of local tribes in their accounts of battles. | | | In Latvian mythology, the manifestations of the cult of celestial bodies are found mostly in ethnographic material, especially in ornament and in the calendar custom system as well. |
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http://haldjas.folklore.ee/rl/pubte/ee/bif/bif1/kokare.html
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| | Pagan |
| | Several gods and mythological beings were created on the spot and placed in the pantheon of ancient Latvian gods. | | | For instance, the popular “Dievturi” ‘religion’, formed by Ernest Brastins as a set of beliefs supposedly based on Latvian mythology and folk tales, has very little to do with the fundamentals in which Latvians believed centuries ago, instead, it is a ‘religion’ built on the good old Christian Bible. | | | Unfortunately, Latvian mythology is not a topic that has so far been fully researched, and it is not likely that it will ever be, leaving much of the beliefs of the past a mystery. |
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http://www.theoldpath.com/website/iceheart/page2.html
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| | Dievs |
| | In Latvian mythology, Dievs ("god") was the supreme god. | | | The same word refers to the Christian deity in modern Latvian. |
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http://www.theezine.net/d/dievs.html
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| | List of deities |
| | Related articles include deva, demigod, divinity, god, Goddess, mythology, religion, scripture. | | | There are also lists of deities by type; see the articles death deity, household deity, lunar deity, and solar deity. | | | This list of deities aims at giving information about deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. |
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http://www.arikah.net/encyclopedia/?title=Gods&redirect=no
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| | Pagan |
| | Latvians thought that celebrations were personified in gods and goddesses, such as Metenis, Ziemassvetki (Christmas), the already mentioned Janis and Usins, then Martins, Mikelis, etc. Some of the abovementioned were brought to Latvia’s territory by Christianity and ‘converted to paganism’ by Latvians. | | | Latvian mythology includes many demigods, spirits, demons and personifications of various celebratory events. | | | DIEVS, DIEVINS (GOD) The Latvian name “Dievs” (“God”) is said to have originally meant “Sky”. |
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http://www.theoldpath.com/website/iceheart/page3.html
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| | Pagan Latvian Deities |
| | As a result, the first Latvian books appeared in the late 1500's, and were (of course!) religious texts. | | | What we know of the Pagan Latvian Deities comes primarily from folkloristic study of these rituals and, especially, of the Latvian folk songs. | | | Thus, we find that the Latvian word for "church" (baznîca) is derived from a Russian word of the same meaning. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/al2/LatvianStuff/Deities.html
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| | Links to other Web sites |
| | Ancient Latvian Religion - Latvian festivals, ornaments, divinities and history from viewpoint of Latvian pagans. | | | EN RU Dazhdbog in Russian mythology or His story - article by Sergei Naumov about Russian pagan deity Dazhdbog. | | | LV EN Latvian mythology - articles by Aldis Pūtelis in Encyclopedia Mythica. |
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http://folklora.lv/saites.en.shtml
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| | Latvia Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography |
| | Another religion is Dievturi (The Godkeepers), which has historical roots based on pre-Christian era mythology. | | | It acknowledged that the people were, themselves, sovereign, and provided for the proportional election of their representatives by all Latvians at least 21 years of age. | | | Toronto Zinas - World's only bilingual Latvian e-zine |
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http://www.variedtastes.com/encyclopedia/Latvia
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| | list of deities |
| | See also: deva (=demigod), God, Goddess, mythology, religion, scripture. | | | Jews, Christians, and Muslims believe in the same God, but Muslims, and to some degree Jews (see below), visualize God in strictly monotheistic terms, whereas most Christians believe that God exists as a Trinity. | | | This List of deities aims at giving information about ancient and actual deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. |
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http://www.fact-library.com/list_of_deities.html
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| | Mythic European Crossroads |
| | Latvian Mythology is the Encyclopedia Mythica section for Latvia. | | | Roman Mythology is a good introduction to the subject and includes descriptions of the major Roman deities. | | | Encyclopedia Mythica: Etruscan Mythology has an good collection of articles on the pre-Roman mythology of Etruria, Latium and Campania. |
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http://www.mythiccrossroads.com/europe.htm
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| | EUROPE: Eastern Europe / The Baltic States: Latvia |
| | Among surviving tongues, Latvian and Lithuanian are the closest to the original tribal languages. | | | Although this pagan site is called the "Baltic Heritage Page," most of it is focused on Latvian history, seasonal and family celebrations, ancient ways of keeping time, and nature-based beliefs. | | | This marvelous site from Kristaps (Chris) Johnson, "Ancient Latvian Religion researched in the manner of a Pursuit of Proto-European Pantheonism," looks at Latvian history and a wide array of earth-based (pagan) deities, festivals, beliefs. |
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http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~east~baltics~Latvia.html
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| | Dekla |
| | In Latvian mythology, Dekla (from det meaning "to make") was one of a trinity of goddesses of fate that included her sisters Karta and Laima. | | | In original Latvian mythology, as opposed to dievturiba, Dekla was the goddess of fortune and destiny. | | | All three may have been aspects of Laima. |
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http://www.theezine.net/d/dekla.html
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| | Three Weird Sisters. Wyrd Myths, Three Witches |
| | - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons | | | The Fates were known as Parcae (or sometimes, Fatae) in Roman mythology. | | | " is characterized as a Trinity, that existed within pagan mythology as a |
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http://wintersteel.homestead.com/Wyrd_Myths.html
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| | The Lonesome Patriot in the Prose of Latvian Writer Aivars Rungis - Valters Nollendorfs |
| | Not for his country as a patch of sandy soil or the grassy strip between his ancestors' fields but as an idea. | | | One of the two main characters, the "one with the impossible name" (from Latvian literary mythology), Sprīdītis Tiltiņš, has just found his real life (and mythological) heroine Lienīte and wants to take her to the church on Whitsuntide morning so that everybody would see "what we have in mind," when Lienīte asks: | | | Sprīdītis specifically excludes help in overcoming the wicked witch pursuing him in the guise of non-Latvian seductresses, both past and present. |
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http://www.lituanus.org/1974/74_3_02.htm
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| | Slav mythology 8 |
| | The God of Earth Powers in the Balt mythology were Latvian Veln - Lithuanian Vels. | | | Veles had shown Slav god of earth natural powers like Dionysus - Greek mythology; Shiva/Rudra - Indian mythology; Cernunnos - Celtic mythology; and especially Vels - Balt mythology. | | | For consultations or tutoring: history, political science, cultural science, art criticism, painting and theories of composition; purchase of pictures and also installing of advertising - E-mail: |
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http://redrival.com/mythology/Slav8.htm
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| | Ilgi |
| | Reizniece, one of the band's founders, was also the driving force behind the group's research into Latvian mythology and traditions, according to Gaujenieks. | | | Singing and playing was inevitably linked to Latvian history, archeology, ethnography, mythology and traditions and the nascent independence movement. | | | Many of the ancient folksongs sing of these "pagan" Gods and their actions, so becoming more familiar with Latvian folk music also made her more familiar with Latvian mythology and traditions. |
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http://www.globalvillageidiot.net/ilgi.htm
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| | Boris Vallejo 1994 Mytholgy Calendar |
| | In Patagonian mythology, Yhtac was a mermaid who was considered to be the most beautiful and elusive of all creatures. | | | The seeds grew into and enormous, demonic tree with branches so thick and tall that it threatened to cast the world into darkness once again. | | | In Germanic mythology, Celis, daughter of the sorceress Uslani was the most beautiful maiden in the kingdom. |
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http://home.planet.nl/~hls/vallejo/1994.html
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| | Monetary History of Latvia |
| | One interesting thing: you can see on the front of these banknotes in underprint, just under numerals of 250 and 1000, and in the center of front side of the 1000 Rubles note, the "swastika" sign (in Latvian mythology this sign is known as "thunder cross"). | | | Not valid any longer are: the Russian Doma banknotes (Kerenski issues of 250 and 1000 Rbl banknotes), Kerenski 20 and 40 Rbl notes, Lenin notes of 1, 2 and 3 Rbl denomination, as well as the banknotes issued by the Riga Workers Deputy Council. | | | Until that time the only Latvian small change were: the Kapiekas notes as described above. |
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http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/Floor/3952/Mhistory.html
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| | Time Keeping Systems of Ancient Latvia |
| | Divinities and terms in Latvian Mythology as part of Encyclopedia Mythica. | | | The ancient Latvians relied on a "solar calendar" as the basis for their time-keeping system. | | | Description and references for the ancient Latvian time-reckoning system. |
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http://www.daily-tangents.com/TimeQuest/TQ-cells/TC0-LV0.shtml
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| | Laima |
| | In Latvian mythology and Lithuanian mythology, Laima ("luck"; also Laime, Laimas māte) was the personification of fate and of luck, both good and bad. | | | In Lithuanian mythology, Laima is not only the goddess of fate, prolificacy and marriage, but also of darkness and light. | | | Laima was associated with the cuckoo, and would often be seen in its form. |
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http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/L/Laima.htm
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| | ILGI Official Website |
| | In the beginning, both musically and conceptually, IĻĢI dug deep to the roots of the most ancient and sacred levels of folk music and Latvian mythology. | | | Like other Latvian folk musicians, the members of IĻĢI sought out their elders –the bearers of ancient knowledge who lived in villages and farms around Latvia. | | | Formed by Ilga Reizeniece in 1981, their singing and playing was drawn from Latvian history, archaeology, ethnography, mythology and traditions – all driving forces of the Latvian independence movement, and politically taboo to the ruling Soviet and communist regime. |
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http://www.ilgi.lv/about.html
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| | Latvia Related Internet Resources |
| | Latvians in NHL: Arturs Irbe, Sandis Ozolinsh, Peter Skudra | | | This page in Latvian / Ðî lappuse latviski | | | (L,E) 11th World Latvian Youth Congress (VLJK), 2000 |
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http://www.lanet.lv/links/ea.html
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| | latvian mythology - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word latvian mythology: | | | Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "latvian mythology" is defined. |
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http://www.onelook.com/?w=latvian+mythology
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| | GuruNet — Content Map |
| | Search in "Latvian Mythology" for topic titles containing: |
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http://www.gurunet.com/cm-dsid-2145-letter-1J
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| | Lawrence Saul |
| | In Latvian mythology, Saule ("the sun") was the goddess of the sun and fertility, patron goddess of the unlucky, including orphans. | | | She was the mother of Saules meitas and lived on top of a mountain and flew across the sky on her chariot. |
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http://www.wwwtln.com/finance/113/lawrence-saul.html
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| | Encyclopedia Mythica: Latvian mythology |
| | Featured article: An introduction to the Latvian mythology area. | | | This section was last updated on January 03, 2005. | | | Latvian Folklore Institute (texts are in Latvian and English). |
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http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/latvian
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| | Fall 2000 |
| | ILGI is mainly interested in the most ancient and sacred levels of folk music, both musically and conceptually, in ancient Latvian mythology. | | | For full information see the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival calendar. | | | Formed in 1981 by Ilga Reizniece, the musicians spent time seeking out their elders, learning songs, and mastering various folk instruments. |
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http://www.indiana.edu/~reeiweb/events/fall01/fall01.html
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